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CADENZA 111EP
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Originally released in 2014 (BASAEC 002EP), Cadenza call upon a brace of remixers to provide fresh interpretations of Luciano's "The Great Amael": a lo-fi bubbling groove with dusted Hammond organs, live percussion cuts and oceanic atmospherics. Matthew Dear, AKA Audion, melts stuttering sine waves and bulging tones over concrete beats, tweaking in the original organ riff while adding additional vocal on his remix. Phil Moffa and Seth Troxler's "LSOS LOVE/GOD" remix sees the duo steer through breathy vocal cuts and propelling bass, stripping the remix back before leaping back into hyperspace with some adventurous and dubbed out vibes.
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CADENZA 084EP
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Luciano breezes into Cadenza Music's 10th anniversary year with Cachai/Dance Unity. This brace of new music comes strictly from the mind: heady, experimental dancefloor tracks with an air of futurism. "Cachai" fuses a bouncing, morning groove with stabbing operatic vocals, searing strings, and light organ keys. "Dance Unity" keeps things raw and minimal -- electronic drums, furry snares, hallucinatory blips, bleeps and haunting keys weaving their magic over the track's 15-minute tenure.
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CADENZA 010CD
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Luciano's Ibiza Vagabundos club night is now a world-renowned club brand, celebrated for its wild and stylish carnival affairs that are powered by the very best DJs in house and techno. You can feel that history, and a lot of Ibiza's spirit, on Luciano's Vagabundos 2012 compilation CD. With wide-reaching influences and diverse musical citations from across the dance music spectrum, Vagabundos 2012 carries the essence of the original Balearic beat. With moments of intense darkness and life-affirming rhythms, the mix Luciano creates is like a sublime painting of Ibiza itself. From house to techno, from human- and machine-created rhythms, to sweet voices and warped vocals, to blissful beach melodies and mind-twisting notes, to classic Chicago beats and futuristic grooves, the mix is a deeply absorbing, multi-dimensional electronic fusion. There is so much wonderful density in this small 76-minute package, that it seems almost counter-intuitive to dissect it. Perhaps one of the main reasons for Vagabundos 2012's apparent depth is Luciano's increasing love for molecular mixing. Luciano uses digital DJing technology to deconstruct tracks and re-construct them into any shape he chooses, allowing him to mix parts from up to four different tracks at once. Playing this way, Luciano is able to blend loops, basslines, vocals, hi-hats, and melodies together in ways that vinyl or CDs could never allow him to do. It is one of the reasons why Vagabundos 2012 is such a fluid, evolving, and engrossing journey, full of unexpected twists and turns. Yes, on the face of it, Vagabundos 2012 is still just a DJ set, but it feels much more like a living electronic soundtrack, an unpredictable beast, unshackled and full of energy. Featuring: Le K, Substance & Vainqueur, Technasia, Nick Harris, Alex Gori, BBQ, Pompeya, Gorge Hewek, DJ Wild, Wata Igarashi, NTFO & Optick, Rhadow, Dave Aju, Sarp Yilmaz, Plaid, The Sushi Club, Johnny D, Dani Casarano/Felipe Valenzuela/Demian Muller, Zakes Bantwini (feat. Xola), El Pocho, Romathony, Deetron, Guy J, Marc Romboy vs. KiNK, Daniell and Lucien-N-Luciano.
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CADENZA 042LP
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Previously released on CD+DVD, now available in a special 3x12" edition, including full-length versions. On this format, you'll have the chance to get the full versions of "Celestial," "Conspirer," "Los Niños de Fuera," "Africa Sweats," and "Metodisma," which aren't available on the CD version of this album. Cadenza presents the second official studio album by Swiss-Chilean DJ/producer and Cadenza label-head Lucien Nicolet (aka Luciano, Lucien-N-Luciano). Since his first record Blind Behaviour in 2004, Luciano has earned his place among electronic dance music's most celebrated names, and with Tribute To The Sun, Luciano delivers one of the definitive highlights of his career. Not merely a "dance" or "electronic" record, Tribute incorporates musical styles from around the globe with Luciano's inimitable rhythmic sensibility. Its moods run from the heavenly grace of "Celestial" to the outright madness of "Metodisma" in a diverse mix of world and techno beats. Includes guest contributions from Keren Ann, Ali Boulo Santo, Bruno Bieri, and Omri Hason.
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CADENZA 005CD
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Cadenza presents the second official studio album by Swiss-Chilean DJ/producer and Cadenza label-head Lucien Nicolet (aka Luciano, Lucien-N-Luciano), plus a 52-minute DVD documentary film chronicling the artist's South American tour. Since his first record Blind Behaviour in 2004, Luciano has earned his place among electronic dance music's most celebrated names. He's racked up singles for the likes of Mental Groove, Perlon, Desolat and of course, Cadenza, he's remixed everyone from M83 to Salif Keita, his mix CDs have showcased minimal house and techno at their most sensual, supple and jubilant, and his DJ sets have become the stuff of legend. At long last, with Tribute To The Sun, Luciano delivers one of the definitive highlights of his career. Not merely a "dance" or "electronic" record, Tribute incorporates musical styles from around the globe with Luciano's inimitable rhythmic sensibility. It draws upon Luciano's extensive experience as a mover of bodies and a reader of minds. Many of its grooves form an integral part of Luciano's DJ sets, having been road-tested and continually refined. Tribute To The Sun is, above all, a highly personal portrait of the artist. Informed by the ups and downs of the artist's life, its moods run from the heavenly grace of "Celestial" to the outright madness of "Metodisma" in a diverse mix of world and techno beats. Four years in the making, the album finds Luciano collaborating with a cast of musicians, including Martina Topley-Bird, known for her haunting contributions to Tricky's early classics, as well as for her solo career and collaborations; Senegal's Ali Boulo Santo, heir to a long line of griots and nephew of the legendary "King of the Kora," Soundioulou Cissoko, Switzerland's Bruno Bieri, the inventor of the Hang, a kind of steel drum with a sound like a mountain stream; and Israeli percussionist Omri Hason. Underscoring the significance of the album, Tribute To The Sun will be released as a special CD/DVD package. On the DVD, Swiss director Raphaela Sibilla documents Luciano's last South American tour in a 52-minute film called La Ruta Del Sol - Luciano's Diary, which follows him for three weeks through Lima, Buenos Aires, São Paulo and of course, Santiago de Chile, the city so crucial to Luciano's musical origins. On stage, behind the decks, and on the road, this intimate portrait of the artist makes the perfect complement to an album that's as much a personal as a musical milestone. Format: NTSC DVD; Language: VOST (English/French/Spanish); Subtitles: English; Running Time: 52 minutes.
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CADENZA 021EP
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2010 repress, originally released 2008. These four tracks find Luciano putting his talents into the service of dancefloors at their most delirious. "Montana" opens the record on a blissful note, calm and suffused with light. A hollow bass tone puffs away as brittle rhythmic patterns spin round. "Fochedrem" features a stubby one-note bass line and cartoon funk with cowbell, organ and piano. "Masalla" features liquid congas and feathered metallic details that stand on end like magnetic shavings. Laid-back and polyrhythmic, it's a future Latin masterpiece.
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CADENZA 002CD
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For its first-ever CD edition, Cadenza prepares something truly special. Spread across two CDs, Cadenza Contemporary 01 & Classics is a distillation of the label's essence -- not just an overview of its past, but also a teasing suggestion of what lies ahead. The first CD, mixed by Swiss producer Luciano, digs its fingers into the label's six most recent records -- plus Luciano's own "Tonerres," from the lone Cadenza Split Composition release so far -- and teases out a single thread, which it rolls lovingly between its fingertips. The mix could have taken any number of different directions, but Luciano's mix takes the snakiest path possible, beginning with the blippy, aquamarine-colored house of Argenis Brito and Digitaline before taking a detour through Petre Inspirescu's sideshow psychedelia. When things get a little noir, he opens the slats on Andomat 3000 & Jan's clattery Venetian blinds, making way for Rhadoo's percussive, mid-day reverie, all swirling dust motes and forgotten clocks ticking in the distance. Alejandro Vivanco brings a momentary wake-up call with his rubbery bass wallop, and then irreality descends again courtesy of Luciano and Pikaya, delivering two of the deepest, most gravity-free tracks in Cadenza's catalog. The second CD highlights Cadenza's early years with a selection of classics culled from the label's first six releases, all of them appearing for the first time on an unmixed CD. Luciano & Quenum lead off with the rightfully anthemic "Orange Mistake," and Luciano & Pier Bucci follow up with the liquid Latin ripple of "Amael." Quenum & Lee Van Dowski's "Extension" is as kinetic as anything the label's ever done, a hall of mirrors and circuit boards, while Luciano & Serafin's "Funk Excursion" goes straight for the gut -- no need to bring your own funk, it's here in plentiful supply. N.S.I.'s "Max Binski" remains at the frontier of Cadenza's outer limits: channeling free-jazz piano into an anxious, bass-heavy groove -- one of electronic music's strongest tracks of the last half-decade. Finally, Luciano closes the disc out with "Bomberos," one of Cadenza's earliest hits and a shining example of his way with a supple, slippery groove. Beautifully packaged in Cadenza's characteristically sumptuous designs, Cadenza Contemporary 01 is a milestone for one of electronic music's most important labels, and a tangible time-capsule to collect and keep.
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CADENZA 009EP
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"You don't know how lucky you are to have this record in your hands. The remix of 'Yamoré' is not only one of the rarest records in Luciano's discography, but it's also one of the best remixes he's done, ranking up there alongside a certain 'Amelie on Ice' as one of those sought-after treasures that have sent fans scurrying to eBay, hoping to get their hands on the original vinyl. A staple in Luciano's own DJ sets, 'Yamoré' was originally released in 2002 as part of a 5x12" box set of remixes of the Malian musician Salif Keita's album Moffou, limited to 1500 numbered copies. In his remix, Luciano pulls out all the stops, drawing from his considerable stylistic range to create a summertime epic that touches upon minimal, deep house, Afropop, and the unclassifiable rhythmic experimentation that defines Luciano's most feverish dancefloor anthems. Despite being four years old, it still sounds ahead of its time, and stands as an important precursor to the newly invigorated psychedelia of today's most exciting house and techno. 'Harmonic Crashes' -- credited to one Pepe Bombilla, a mysterious character last heard from on Luicano's killer 'La Limonada de Pepe Bombilla,' released on Mental Groove in 2003 -- is simply one of the freakiest floor-fillers you'll hear this year. Abstract voices -- chanting, ranting, singing scat, who knows -- urge a handclap-riddled rhythm ever deeper into the darkness, from which Daniel Aimé's haunted, almost agonized harmonica wails out like a banshee. Now, the last thing that most of us want to hear in a 'minimal' track is a harmonica, but the way it rips across the soundfield here makes the bluesy beast sound more like a tortured oscillator squealing as the screws are turned ever tighter."
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MAXE 002CD
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The 2nd CD release on Thomas Brinkmann's MaxErnst label, from the Swiss producer Luciano (previous 12" releases on Mental Grooves, Bruchstucke, Klang Elektronik). Beautiful Q-tip cover artwork. "This outstandingly good Weetamix session from Mental Groove's Luciano has hit us like a bolt out the blue on this fine Summer afternoon. For those of you in need of enlightenment, Mental Groove is Switzerland's answer to Berlin's Bpitch Control -- a house of discoid madness and futuristic electronic exploration. This, however, offers us something a little different from the impossibly cool Luciano. 9 tracks mixed in from start to finish, the aroma here is one of pure innovation, sounds culled from an archive of musical inspiration that makes constant audio reference to Atom Heart, Akufen, Autechre and Brinkmann himself, tracks intricately pieced together from an array of found sounds, layer upon layer of tweaked samples and loops that come together in one giant impressive stretch of beats and cuts. As live sets go, it really doesn't get much better than this."
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